In an era marked by geopolitical tensions, hybrid warfare and information manipulation, deterrence has become a key concept ...

33. Stein, “Deterrence and Reassurance,” 41, 44–45, 51. 34. Abram N. Shulsky, Deterrence Theory and Chinese Behavior (Santa Monica: RAND, 2000), 38–40. Of note, CBMs are most likely to succeed when an ...

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation ...

The best that the advocates of minimum deterrence can say for their policy is that it is an unproven theory. We in the opposite camp disagree: we say that minimum deterrence has been proven wrong.

Citations: Wiseman, Alan. 2006. A Theory of Partisan Support and Entry Deterrence in Electoral Competition. Journal of Theoretical Politics. (2)123-158.

It also called for an end to rationalizing nuclear deterrence theory, arguing that the policy of mutual assured destruction (MAD) threatened national security and increased the risk that nuclear ...